Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1895-1912

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1895-1912
Medium
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
Dimensions
55.5 × 50.5 cm (21 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Meiji period (1868–1912)

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